This video podcast series explores cybersecurity dangers and threats that worry experts using one simple question: What keeps you up at night? Each week, Scott invites a different security expert to offer their fears and possible solutions.
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What keeps chairman of the board at itopia, Al Monserrat up at night?
Al Monserrat’s is the Chairman of the Board for itopia. His career spans more than twenty-five years in large enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures within enterprise software, mobility, cloud, security, digital payments, and business strategy.
Previously, he was President of Imaging Division at Nuance Communications, taking the Division through its acquisition by Kofax, Inc. Before Nuance, he was CEO of RES Software which he joined after a fifteen-year career at Citrix Systems. As part of the executive leadership team, Al grew the company from hundreds of millions to more than $3 billion in revenue in 2014.
Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.
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What keeps CEO of SIKUR, Fabio Fischer up at night?
Fabio Fischer is the CEO of Sikur and specializes in business structuring and international law with more than 22 years of executive leadership experience in the ITO/BPO market. At Sikur, he takes charge of company strategy, product management and go-to-market strategy. He is currently based in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.
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What keeps author and Chief Evangelist at KnowBe4, Perry Carpenter up at night?
Perry Carpenter is the author of, "Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors”
Perry currently serves as Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer for KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness and simulated phishing platform.
Previously, he led security awareness, security culture management, and anti-phishing behavior management research at Gartner Research, in addition to covering areas of IAM strategy, CISO program management mentoring, and technology service provider success strategies. With a long career as a security professional and researcher, Carpenter has broad experience in North America and Europe, providing security consulting and advisory services for many of the best-known global brands.
Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.
Twitter: @ScottBVS
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Website: www.ScottSchober.com
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What keeps Continuity Software CEO, Gil Hecht up at night?
Gil has been serving as CEO of Continuity Software since he founded the company in 2005. He is responsible for building Continuity’s leadership in the Cyber Resilience space and establishing the company’s vision.
Before founding Continuity Software, Gil was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Savantis Systems, a leading provider of database virtualization solutions.
Gil began his career leading a research and development project at the Israel Defense Forces.
Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.
Twitter: @ScottBVS
Follow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snschob...
Website: www.ScottSchober.com
www.HackedAgain.com
What keeps futurist, IoT expert and author, Peggy Smedley up at night?
Peggy Smedley is a Radio host, author, editorial director, and president of Specialty Publishing Media. She has 25 years of experience as a futurist and specialist in IoT, AI, construction, sustainability, infrastructure, and digital transformation. Peggy is an award-winning journalist including the 2019 ASCE Excellence in Journalism Award.
Her motto “with great technology, comes great responsibility.” is clear in every one of her 700 episodes of the no. 1 digital IoT and digital transformation show that she hosts called The Peggy Smedley Show.
Her latest book, “Sustainable in a Circular World,” affords Peggy the greatest opportunity to help move the world from grey to green by shining light on future generations and inspiring innovation.
Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.
Twitter: @ScottBVS
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Website: www.ScottSchober.com
www.HackedAgain.com
What keeps CEO of Asvin, Mirko Ross up at night?
Mirko Ross is the CEO of ASVIN and is an internationally recognized activist, expert, speaker, publicist and researcher in the field of Cyber Security and the Internet of Things. At the age of 14, he began investigating vulnerabilities in IT systems. Instead of a career as a hacker, he decided to found during his studies his first company digital worx, focusing on Internet software development.
Mirko has been member of the Expert Group on Internet Security of Things of the European Cyber Security Agency and advises the EU Commission as an expert. He is also active in international committees and research projects in the field of cyber security and blockchain technologies.
Mirko is still closely associated with the positive hacker attitude and maker movement and promotes non-profit projects in the field of Open Data and IT education. In 2018 he founded a new company, asvin.io, with the aim of increasing cyber security in the Internet of Things and providing software solutions for this purpose, leading ASVIN to the best Cybersecurity Start-up in Germany by 2020 rated by it-sa. Mirko lives in the countryside and works in Stuttgart.
Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR.
Twitter: @ScottBVS
Follow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snschob...
Website: www.ScottSchober.com
www.HackedAgain.com